Category Archives: NOAH

NOAH Navigation for the Future February 2 2018 We’re in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall. Main event for this show is Kenoh vs. Yuko Miyamoto. Putting the big gold strap on Kenoh has certainly shook up their top tier. The jury seems to be out on the effect this is having on business.… Continue Reading

NOAH Navigation for the Future at Korakuen Hall January 6 2018 We’re in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall. This show did good numbers with NOAH being one of the most recognised promotion by New Japan fans in Tokyo. If anyone went to the Dome with the intention of doing ‘other’ puroresu shows as… Continue Reading

NOAH Winter Navigation at Korakuen Hall December 22 2017 We’re in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. This won’t be one of my full show reviews because I find NOAH’s undercard unbearably tiresome. So we’re skipping into the business end of this show. If you’re watching this on the Real Hero Drive skip ahead to… Continue Reading

NOAH Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol 2 October 1 2017 We’re in Yokohama, as the title suggests. Over 2000 in the Bunka Gymnasium for this show, which had been dubbed the “wacky NOAH show” by Twitter because of the card. Quiet Storm in the semi-main. Check! Moose tagging with Yuji Okabayashi. Check! Ultimo… Continue Reading

NOAH Junior Tag League Finals July 27 2017 We’re in Korakuen Hall for NOAH’s big tag league final. The attention is on the GHC title though where Brian Cage is challenging Katsuhiko Nakajima. This is a two hour TV block on Samurai TV so it should be an easy watch. Cody… Continue Reading

NOAH Navigation with Breeze June 4 2017 We’re in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall and it’s a pleasing attendance figure of 1405 for NOAH. This show is headlined by Nakajima defending against proven draw Mohammed Yone whilst Atsushi Kotoge and Kenoh, both former junior wrestlers, compete for the number one contenders spot. Part… Continue Reading

Host Arnold Furious (@arnoldfurious) and regular Aqeel Khalid (@aqeelkhalid) sit down with Amanda Why (@manda_why) to talk about the upcoming Mae Young Classic, and to figure out who the best wrestler in the world is. Continue Reading

NOAH Global Tag League 2017 Final May 4 2017 We’re in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for NOAH’s Global Tag League final. It’s been a tournament I’ve paid the bare minimum of attention to. Largely because I wasn’t interested in the field but also, in part, due to other promotions running more interesting… Continue Reading

NOAH Spring Navigation at Korakuen Hall March 25 2017 We’re in Korakuen Hall, if you couldn’t guess from the title. NOAH failed to get 1000 fans in for this show, which is a wee bit disappointing considering their new look and attitude since January. Maybe the card was a little disappointing for Tokyo… Continue Reading

NOAH Great Voyage in Yokohama March 12 2017 We’re in Yokohama at the Bunka Gymnasium. This is the first major NOAH show since their revamp and they drew a healthy 2500 fans. There are rumours that the crowd was heavily papered. Given their recent Korakuen Hall attendances that’s entirely possible. HAYATA, YO-HEY… Continue Reading

Big Japan Pro Wrestling February 27 2018 We’re in Korakuen Hall. This is my first whole BJW show in about 18 months. I feel like I bailed on it when it was really good and as soon as I left it went completely into the shitter. Looking at this card the only thing […]Read More »

“Don’t leave me! You don’t know what’s out there!” Three different films are here. Three vastly different tales of science fiction survival. Only later will you discover how they are inexorably connected to one another. One is about a giant monster, the other paints a tense picture of cabin fever and the third is a […]Read More »

“What have you done out there, on the edge of Federation space?” Here we are with another new Star Trek television series. And it’s been a while too! Following the end of Enterprise, we’ve only seen three new movies. Enjoy them or despise them, their rebooted formula dared to make new waves and yet somehow […]Read More »

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book. Having read it, I’m still not sure how to classify it. That’s not necessarily a criticism, just an observation. The title of the book is very descriptive. It really is 2016 in WWE through the eyes of one fan. The book is a journey through the […]Read More »

“Everybody dead. I like that” When Doom and Wolfenstein hit the ground running during the early nineties, the FPS publicity began. They were a simple graphical layout by today’s standards and the level design nothing more than navigating a maze. Basic sound effects, coupled together with midi soundtracks created a unique ambience. God knows it was […]Read More »